[SunkenCiv]

Ancient Native Americans buried these bone pendants and shell beads together with the bobcat. Kenneth Farnsworth

[jonno]

The villagers may have begun to tame the animal, the authors say

Yep - I'd say thats a good guess...

[heartwood]

It’s interesting about the bobcat but I wonder why the infant was in the central tomb. Was it simply the nucleus of a new burial mound, or was it an important baby somehow?

[Nucluside]

Somebody probably figured out that cats are too unsanitary to keep in the house.

[central_va]

They had bobcats back then?